After many long months of waiting, tickets for the 2010 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway go on sale to the public Saturday, Oct. 10.

A quick glance at a used Lincoln Navigator and Samuel Varner already sees what he likes. “It’s nice, it’s got the power-fold seats, the automatic lift gate. It’s pretty much fully loaded,“ he said, admiring the car he and his wife were considering buying.

Florence County Council is scheduled to vote Thursday on incentive and lease agreements for a North Carolina-based advanced-materials company looking to create about 120 jobs in Lake City.

The S.C. Bioenergy Summit is returning to Florence on Thursday. The second annual event is hosted by Clemson University, the S.C. Energy Office and the S.C. Biomass Council and will feature presentations on the impacts of climate change legislations, bioenergy research in South Carolina and emerging biomass industries.

The North Eastern Strategic Alliance will lead a delegation from South Carolina to Japan and China later this month, on what officials with the group say is the latest in a series of efforts to bring jobs to the region.

Leaders from Darlington County and its four municipalities said the state of the county and the cities remains good, despite difficult economic conditions.

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The fall bike rally is officially over and even with clear skies and warm temperatures not enough bikers came to the Grand Strand.

Officials from the North Eastern Strategic Alliance will be joining state Sens. Hugh Leatherman of Florence and Yancey McGill of Kingstree for an economic development trip to Japan and China this month.

The Community Development Corp. of Marlboro County is offering two foreclosure clinics this month.

A mass food distribution will be held Saturday at the Grand Strand Senior Center located on 21st Ave North in Myrtle Beach.

Florence is set to receive $90,647 in Community Development Block Grant funds through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 200, according to a press release from U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C.

Some businesses in Myrtle Beach and in the south end of the strand said that the spring biker rallies were a lot smaller than normal and that they aren’t expecting a big crowd to show up this time either.

The sale of the former Wellman Inc. Palmetto Plant in Darlington to a company that markets former manufacturing facilities globally represents significant potential for Darlington County’s economy, the county’s top economic development official said.

Williamsburg Technical College has welcomed the largest enrollment in the college’s 40-year history.